(Possibly OT) doc problem when executed through CGI script

[Michael Kjorling]

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I'm sorry if this is off topic here, but this seems like the best
place to ask.

I have written a CGI script which executes doc with input from a web
form. It executes fine, but the output doesn't look quite right to me.
If I set it to test the domain "isc.org" and report errors and
warnings (-w), I get this output:

	Results of executing doc -w isc.org:

	Doc-2.2.3: doc -w isc.org
	Doc-2.2.3: Starting test of isc.org.   parent is org.
	Doc-2.2.3: Test date - Fri Apr 19 20:51:36 UTC 2002
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from a.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from b.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from c.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from d.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from e.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from f.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from g.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from h.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from i.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from j.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from k.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from l.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for org. from m.gtld-servers.net.
	WARNING: No servers for org. returned SOAs ...
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from a.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from b.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from c.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from d.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from e.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from f.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from g.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from h.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from i.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from j.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from k.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from l.root-servers.net.
	WARNING: multiple SOA records found for . from m.root-servers.net.
	SYSerr: No servers for . returned SOAs ...
	Summary:
	   YIKES: doc aborted while testing isc.org.  parent .
	   WARNINGS issued for isc.org. (count: 26)
	   Incomplete test for isc.org. (1)
	Done testing isc.org.  Fri Apr 19 20:51:52 UTC 2002

This doesn't look good. I tried executing doc manually with the same
parameters, from within the same directory (/tmp, which by the way is
world writable and sticky - mode 1777) and get the results I expect.

Does anyone have some clue about what I might be doing wrong here?


Michael Kjörling

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